Cotter

Definition of Cotter

Cot´ter   Pronunciation: k?t´t?r
n.1.A cottager; a cottier.
Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang
Good morrow to the cotter.
- Whittier.
1.A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key.
2.A toggle.
v. t.1.To fasten with a cotter.

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bucolic, cottar, peasant, provincial
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